The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, December 17, 1756, Page 1

~ Friday, Decemb. 17. 1756. : THE . New Haompfloire$ | esassessIssessassey With the Frefbeft Advices e e e N ‘8. The public Papers of late hawve been fili'd with the Inflance of & %‘g Mr. B—g in the Affair of the Mediterrancan, who bas been G bang'd, quarter'd, and burnt, in every Pat of the City of Y 'S Londsn : Ewery Ballad finging Throat bas b:fn Jung hoarfe ; ,fi 2o bis Deflruition, and Swarms of Hawkers flying a{l aén.md, éj- bave been let loofe, wwith a Defign to overwbelm bin : 5 Mankind bas been pleas’d avith this Spirit of the People—" i The Public awill now beentertain’d with a more agreable i i Topick of the various Acconnts of the King of Pruffia’s Baitle 4\ L i “aith the Aufirians, whofe compleat Vifiory is of great Con- . fequence in Favour of the Englifl Nation, as bis Defiat weuld { . bave almoft turn'd the Ballance of Power againft us. : N. B. The King of Pruffia is a powerful Proteflant Prirce, now in Alliance with the King of Great Britain. The Queen of Hungary, whofe Dominions the King of Proffia . has invaded, is a bigotted Roman Catholic, lately emter'd into Alliance with France. ‘¥rom the Lonpon Gazette, O&ober 12. - -Drespen, ( afair, large, and - firong City of Germany, fubje& to the Eleftor of Saxony, with a noble Caltle) O7. 2. E received this Day about Noon the News of a Viciory the King of Pruflia bas gained over the Aufirians. - The King of Pruffia was pofted in the Neighbourbosd w0f a Village called Welmina, with an drmy of abuut 35000 - Men, and Mar/bal Brown avas betaween that Place and Loaw- .afitz, auith his ahole Army, amounting, it is jaid, to nmear 60000 Men, The AZion, which began at 7 o Clack in the Morning, was okflinate and blcody ; bat about Noon, the ahole < Auftrian Aviny retreated, and left the Pruffians Majlers of the . Fiela of Battle ; and as they avent thro Loavnfitz, Jet Fire to > abe Jubur bs, to flop the Pru/fians in their purjuit. It is tho't <® . the duftrians bave lofi about 4cco Men, and the Pruffians * balf that Number. -Berrin, (a frong noble City of Germany) Oftober 3. Tbis Morning, abeut 7 0'Clock, an Officer in the Guards, ‘@rrived bere from the Pryffian Camp in Bobemia, in 39 Hours; be bad no Letters from any Body, but anly a frort Note to the Qaecn Motaer, wrote by the King bimfelf on the Field of Bat- tley acquaining ber Majelly with bis baing gained a complite Ficory ever the Auftrians, which coft bim 2000 Men, The particulars that have been callecled from the Officer, are,That ou the 30th of fipt. the King of Pruffiz’s dvmy moved from * ‘thiir Camp at Aulfig ; that when they came to the Grow.d they awere.to occupy that Night, they perccived fome Tents pitched, ‘mobich they taok to be an advanced Guard, or fome fmall Out- » . “.= party of dufirians ; but that bis Pruffian Majefiy bad tbe pre- 4 e g Nuwms. 11, 1 GAZETTE, | 392028202000 00 8808 Foreign and Domeflick. i s s, 8 caution to make his drmy remain under Arms all Night ; and carly in the Marning, the firfl of Oéiober obfercved fome Moti- ons.among the Encmy, wubich wery foon fheaved that the whole Auflrian drmy awere preparing to attack kim. That the King of Pruffia made the proper Difpofitions, according to bis Ground; ard about 7 in the.Morning the Auflrians attacked with great Fury, the Left Wing of the Pruffians, and the AGion continuid wery bot, till balf an Hour pafi One, avhen the dufirians gave avay, but retired in good Order ; and, to recover their Retreat, burnt the Yown of Lowofitx, in auhich they bad a Magagine. The Number of the Aufivians under Marfbal Brown are faid t be about 600co, and the Pruffian Army from 35, 10 40000 only, by Reajon of feveral Detachments left to guard the Paffes in the Mountains, and on the Elbe, The King had under bim, bis Royal Highnefs the Prince of Pruffia, Prince Ferdinand of Brunjavic, and Marjbal Keith, hawing left bis Brothers the Arinces Henry and Ferdinand,«with many other GeneralOfficers, in bis Camp at Sedelitz. A difiinét Relation of the Adiiin is duily expedied. 4 Urrecur, ( a great, ftrong, and populous City of the Loaw Countrics, fubjet to the States ) O&eb. 11. All the Letters reccived Yeflerday and to Day from Saxeny, agree in reprefenting the Baitle of the firft Inflant as the moft obfiinate andbloody that bas bappened a long achile. The Au- Shrians raliied three times. The King of Pruffia, whofe pre- Jence of Miind mever forfook bim a moment, had tawo Herfes kill'd under bim. His Infantry performed prodigies. When theje Letters, avhofe Dates extend to the 5th and 6th Inflant, aere auvrote, they bad received no particalar Aecount of the Piifoners made on cither fide, nor indecd of the other Circum- Srances awhich comminly decide the fucce/s of a Rattle. Itis prefumed the Number of wounded in both drmies is wery confs- derable,if awe judge only from what relates to the Pruffians, Sfor awbhom they were preparing at Drefden all the public Houfes, and many private ones, for the Reception of the wwounded. Four bundred Waggons bawe been ordered to fetch them, and every perfen aho had Horfes or Carriages proper for the Ufe were obliged ta furnifh them. The latefi Adwices concerning the fituation of the two Ar- mies impart, that General Broawn continued encamped at Bu-, den 5 and that the Pruffian Camp was at Auffig. : T bey oblerwe allo, that Qrders bad beem given for raifing tawenty tao thoufawd Men in Saxany, for the fervice of bis Prugfian Majefly, : The Action began the Van Guards of each Avmy : The firft Fire of the Pruffians was jo brif, and the Charge 3‘ their avilry